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I really hate saying this, but I just don't see any practical way of preserving the print industry, and I'm not sure there's that much benefit to it. I think it's simply going to slide into being more of a niche, like those who still collect physical media for movies and music.

But there's just too much appeal in ebooks for consumers, and very few drawbacks.

I don't keep all the books I read, maybe I keep 1 in 100.
I donate to the charity thrift shops or give to friends most of the books I read.

Portable? if you keep your self near a charger all the time.
Live where internet is always available, sure this is now true of the so called "majority", but really eReading is dependent on a lot of things that have nothing to do with reading.

Book reading is equally dependent on a lot of things - like the existence of a publishing industry.

And sure, you need power, but your average eReader, charger, and case rarely take up more space than about two books. With the ability to take hundreds of titles in a tiny space and, increasingly, they can buy new books for it literally whenever they like.

I'm sorry, man. My parents had a quite nice library. I like books. I like bookstores. But I can't pretend that, for everyday use in the western world, eBooks are better for most people, even if they lack the romance and charm of real books.